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Keloid

Known as: keloids skin, keloid skin, Keloid scar 
A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Background: Keloids grow and spread both vertically and horizontally, similar in many respects to slowly growing malignant tumors… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Objectives/Hypothesis The proven ability of mitomycin C to inhibit fibroblasts in vitro has stimulated its use in research… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Keloids are the result of a dysregulated wound‐healing process and are characterized by formation of excess scar tissue that… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Keloids occur only in humans and are characterized by fibroblast overproduction of collagen types I and III. Keloid fibroblasts… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Recent observations have suggested that retinoids might affect the metabolism of the extracellular matrix of connective tissues… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The increased collagen synthesis and deposition, which is characteristic of keloids, may be related to an immune response… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Cultured fibroblasts isolated from normal and keloid tissue do not differ in their growth characteristics or in the rate of…